Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-18


 Will Carlton and Miss Lizzie c. Gaffney will give an entertainment at the Calvary Baptist church on April 21 for the benefit of the Sunday school.
 1.-THE GLADIATOR
 MT. Robert Downing, the brilliant young tragedian, will appear at Carll's Opera House to morrow and Wednesday evenings in his grand impersonation of 'Spartacus,' in "The Gladiator" His manager, Mr. J. H. Mack, has spared no expense in furnishing costly and elaborate scenery to give the best possible effect, and "Spartacus' under these circumstances will furnish to any lover of heroic acting one of the most agreeable tertainments that could be found anywhere. The famous athlete, William Muldoon, will figure as the fighting Gaul" in the great arena scene. The production here will be identically the same as that given at the Boston Theater and Star Theater, New York
 BUNNELL's GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
 Commencing this afternoon and on Tues day and Wednesday the Edith Sinclair Con- edy company will appear st Bunnell's in the funny comedy "A Box of Cash," a musical piece with great deal of music and fun An exchange says: The company is very good. Miss Sinclair is pretty, has good voice and is very vivacious and clever. MT. Ed. M. Favor, well known actor, does clever character impersonation, and Little Bessie is always applauded. The other mem bers of the company make up excellent cast. In the museum hall the "dog circus" and Sheppard, the musical monarch who plays on nearly every kind of instrument, will be the attractions.
 NEW HAVEN OPERA HOUSE.
 Mir. Robert B. Mantell will begin en- gagement of two nights and Saturday mati- nee at the New Haven Opera House on Fri day evening, April g, presenting Tangled Lives'' in it's new form Friday evening and at the Saturday matinee and the favorite classical play of "The Marble Heart" on Sat urday evening. Tangled Lives" scored a success when it was first presented here, and it will be played by the same excellent com psny that supported him before. MT. Mantell is a great favorite with our theater-goers, and as the play ''Tangled Lives" was written by former resident of New Haven we see no reason why this engagement should fail to attract large audiences.
 THE PLANTERS WIFE.
 The capital American drama, with a suc- eessful record extending now over a period of four seasons, will be interpreted by Mr. Harry Lacy and his excellent company head ed by Misses Edna Carey and Kate Flaw thorne, at the New Haven Opera House on Wednesday night, April 20th. Miss Kate Flaw thorne has more than the general claim upon our patronage, as she is a native of this city and the daughter of one of our esteemed citizens During the four years of her pro- fessional career she has made rapid progress in her art, so much so that she is con ceded to be one of the cleverest ingenue actresses on our stage. MT. Harry Lacy is young romantic actor of sterling proficiency Miss Edna Carey ranks among the finest lead ing ladies of the country, both physically and artistically. The seats are now on sale
 MRS. LANGTRY.
 The sale of seats for the Langtry night (Thursday, 21st,) will begin this morning at 10 o'clock at the box office of the New Ha- ven Opera House. The indications are that the sale will be very large Applications I in advance have been made to have chairs l reserved in advance of the day named for l the sale. Manager Wall has, in every in- stance, desired all applicants to wait the opening of the sale, considering it but fair | that those who come first on that day shall | have their choice. Every precaution will be | taken to prevent spectators from absorbing ! the house. Mrs. Langtry's tour of the l States this season has been one grand oya 1 tion and her success financially has exceed | ed her first season in this country. Her i'm provement as an actress has been quite phe- nomenal, and she may be fairly placed among the best actresses in the English '